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Healthy relationship are about feeling good about who YOU are and feeling SAFE. Don’t settle for less, because deciding who to have a relationship with is one of the most precious gifts you will ever give yourself. You have everything you need to create healthy relationships, and can experience one by paying attention to who you are inside and what makes you happy. This article offers help to teens, parents and teachers. …

The Internet has so much to offer our young girls, but left unsupervised and unengaged with the family, it can become another source of lowering girls’ self-esteem and worth. It’s a new world out there for parents as much as children. Get involved. Talk to your kids. Visit the sights they are visiting. Let them know you are there when they need you. The teen years are a relatively short amount of time, but decisions made during this time can change both you and your child’s life forever. It is easier to make healthy choices in life if you feel good about yourself. This article offers helpful advice to parents establishing boundaries with the Internet. …

Families who are engaged and talk together discourage porn use naturally. Encourage your child to ask questions and be there to help answer them. Take at least one day a week for family dinner and make sure your presence is felt in your child’s life. Also, something as simple as being a good example or mentor of what a loving, intimate relationship looks like with your child’s other parent can help. The teen and pre-teen years are a challenge for everyone in the family, but no other time in your child’s life will offer the opportunity to influence your child as much with a healthy, loving relationship. This article can help. …

Smart phones have increased our capacities to work more efficiently and stay connected universally, but when we can no longer connect intimately with a real human being, we have lost more than we have gained. Smart phones may be smart, but in bed they have the potential to undermine the relationship we value most. This article offers help in not becoming a slave to your phone…especially in bed! …

We cannot save our children from all of the dangers any more than our parents could save us. We can be proactive though, and we can assert our parental authority and say, “NO,” even if that isn’t the most popular response. Parents cannot be parents and be their kid’s buddy. Be your spouse’s buddy, be your kid’s mom and dad. …

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